~ Omar, with a bit of cheese

Battening down

Last night was fun. We jumped out of bed, wrapped up warm, and went Geminid spotting. The sky was littered with so many stars! It was a new moon, so the sky was dark and the Milky Way looked fantastic. The temperature was rising, the ice had all but disappeared, and there was scarce a breath of wind. I wish that I had taken my camera out – if I had, I would have been sure to capture some trails as the sky was producing a brilliant show of meteorites. I hope that we were not too noisy – I am sure that there was much shrieking… “ooh” “aah” “look at that one!” “There’s another!” “and another!” I asked Mr L if he could manage to deliver the Mirry Dancers too, but he said that was beyond his capability.

It’s now a grey, dark and dismal morning. The wind has begun on schedule – we take a 10 minute average wind speed and a max gust figure. At 9:20 we were gusting to 26mph, at 9:30, to 35mph – the winds really do seem to spring up as if out of nowhere. The Met Office forecast increasing speeds from now until tomorrow morning, peaking (at current predictions) at 78mph.

I must get me to the kitchen and make prep for tomorrow evening. Who knows how long we shall have power for? I need to make use of it whilst (that one’s for Gill) I can.

There may not be much baking news in the next few days – apart from Birthday shenanigans, I have Armchair Treasure Hunting to keep me busy. The Logica hunt starts at midday today. Looking for a team, BTW.